Board Meeting Minutes from May 21, 2013

MinutesRedwood Community Radio Board of DirectorsMay 21, 2013 -- 4 pmHealy Senior Center, 456 Briceland Road, RedwayCall to Order: Meeting Ground Rules and Opening Comments from PresidentRoll Call: Siena Klein, Vice President, Member's Rep; Julia Minton, Treasurer, Members' Rep; Noel Soucy, Secretary, Programmers' Rep; Jordan Jumpshot, Programmers' Rep; Nella White, Members' Rep; Marcy Stein, Programmers' Rep; ex officio member: Jeanette Todd, Station Manager.Not present: Antonia Lamb, board-elected; Suzanne Beers, President, Board-elected.Also present: Jama Chaplin, Maria Savage, Rohn Jennings, Simon Frech, Behr, Christine Doyka, Bob Stern.Approval of Minutes: April- Nella moves to approve the Minutes. Julia seconds. Minutes approved with a friendly amendment. Unanimous.Approval of Agenda: Julia moves to approve the Agenda. Marcy seconds. Agenda approved unanimously.Open Time: Speakers will be assigned an amount of time not to exceed 5 minutesJama Chaplin- Jama wants to urge Maria to say something. Last time she brought up the by-laws to the Board that call for equal access to the airwaves. Kerry wants to put out the word for a volunteer or two to make coffee. Our PSA policy suggests that people who can use PSAs are non-profits, and people that have a personal emergency. The PSA pollcy needs to be revised to say that the non-profits do not have to be incorporated.Siena-Thank you.Rohn Jennings- Rohn wants to see the contract with CPB regarding the transmitters. He heard that All Sides Now was used for a list of thank yous to an event, and he was wondering if that was true.Siena- Thank you.Maria Savage- Maria is interested in being on the Board. Jama was the one who suggested it to her. She is currently a volunteer and helps with stories on the news. She loves the station, and has lived here for 30 years. Her background is in newspapers and magazines. She is a liberal supporter of everything. She doesn't know if she is qualified to be on the Board, but she is here to listen today. She feels like KMUD is the most welcoming and inclusive of all the organizations she has worked with, and she says thank you.Siena-Thank you.Signal Quality ReportSimon is working on the problems with signal quality. He may have to hire expert advise to work out the remaining bugs.Management Report (See written report in public file.)Discussion/Questions for Management Julia reported that a goal is to have DonorSnap ready to go in time to enter pledges directly into computer(s) during the August special Pledge Drive.Jeanette reported that she had asked eight contractors to do the ADA project (including handicapped parking place), with no luck.

Consent CalendarA. Vacation Pay- Second Reading- The second paragraph of Policy 5.4.7.1, Vacations, is revised to read: "Vacations pay, or payouts of accrued vacation time, will be based on the employee's current pay rate." This is the second of two Board considerations of this policy change. Julia moves to approve, Marcy seconds. Unanimously approved.Treasurer's Report (See writen report in public file)Unfinished BusinessA. Revisions to Compliance Calendar- We have made a lot of revisions to the Compliance Calendar, and we need to provisionally approve it until more information is added. Noel moves to approve the Compliance Calendar, draft dated 5/13/13, provisionally until the insurance details are added. Nella seconds. Unanimously approved.B. Technology Proposal- Noel moves to table. Marcy seconds. Unanimous.C. Board Recruitment- Nella moves to appoint the two Board-elected seats at the August meeting. Marcy seconds. Four in favor, with one abstaining (Julia).New BusinessA. Standards of Conduct Policy Proposal- Marcy moves that we accept the Standards of Policy Proposal, draft dated 5/17/13, with Nella seconding. Unanimous approved.ReportsA. Programmers' Reps- There will be a Programmers and Volunteers Meeting on 8th June at 1 PM, where we will have a forum about the open Programmer's Rep seat, among other topics. Agenda TBA.B. Members' RepsC. Advisory Boards (CAB's)D. Correspondence SecretariesOther Committee ReportsA. Development, including Pledge Drive SubcommitteeB. MediationC. Policy (See written report in public file.)D. Website (See written report in public file.)E. ElectionsF. TransitionScheduling -- proposed meeting times are:A. Annual Membership Meeting, June 25, 4 pm, Healy Senior CenterB. Board of Directors: June 25, following Annual Meeting, Healy Senior CenterC. Executive Committee: Monday, 10 June, 4 pm, Studio BD. Finance Committee: Tuesday, 18 June, 3 pm, KMUDE. Development Committee: 1st Monday, 3 June, 3 pm, KMUDF. Policy Committee: 10 June, 12 pm, KMUDG. Transition Committee- TBDH. Website Committee: 2nd Tuesday, 11 June, 10 am, KMUDI. Mediation Committee- June TBAJ. Strategic Planning Working Group- July TBAK. Next Board/ Staff Meeting- August TBD

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